Know what you own. Find what you need. Protect what matters.
A local-first inventory and studio-planning app for instruments, audio equipment, accessories, documents, and software.

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Meet Studio Inventory

Gear collections grow one cable, bracket, instrument, and impulse purchase at a time. Studio Inventory gives musicians, engineers, rehearsal spaces, schools, collectors, and small studios one place to track the equipment itself—and the details that make it useful later.

• No subscription or cloud account. The database, photos, receipts, and manuals stay on the host computer.
• Ready for real equipment chains. Nest a drum pad under its mount, the adapter under that, and the paid thumb screws under the adapter.
• Useful away from the desk. Add photos and scan labels from Android Chrome/Edge or iPhone/iPad Safari on the same trusted network.
• Built for proof of ownership. Track serials, values, receipts, condition, warranties, manuals, and insurance notes.
• Comfortable everywhere. Responsive, touch-friendly layouts work on phones, tablets, desktops, and large displays.

A quick look

Dashboard — value, documentation, loans, and recent activity	Browse by brand — a visual path through the collection

What it can do

Catalog and protect	Organize and connect	Plan and operate
Serials, values, condition, warranties, receipts, photos, and insurance reports	Smart profiles, nested components, compatibility history, tags, manuals, and searchable PDFs	Room layouts, calibrated wall views, rack and signal-chain planning, loans, and binder printing
Signed QR owner labels and read-only guest links	Cables, mounts, fasteners, patchbays, monitors, instruments, drums, and software licenses	Mobile photo capture, responsive PWA, brand browsing, documentation scoring, and backup/restore

Smart profiles understand the shape of the gear

Choose an Item Type / Smart Profile and the form reveals useful fields for that kind of equipment. Profiles cover brass and bowed strings, guitars and basses, acoustic and electronic drums, pads and cymbals, mounting hardware, fasteners, cables, patchbays, racks, and studio monitors.

Electronic drum kit
└── Alesis ControlPad
    └── Gibraltar adapter clamp
        └── Mounting thumb screws

Every record can keep its own price, receipt, photos, specifications, and compatibility result. Parent records show the complete assembly value.

Install

Pre-built releases include the runtime and production dependencies—no separate Node.js installation is required.

Platform	Recommended download	Start here
Windows	Windows-Setup.exe	Run setup, then launch Studio Inventory
macOS	.dmg	Open the image and run the installer; Control-click → Open if Gatekeeper warns
Linux x64	.tar.gz	Extract and run Install Studio Inventory.sh
Portable use	Platform ZIP	Extract and use the included launcher

Download the latest release →

Existing inventory lives in the local data/ folder and is preserved by release installers. Create a Full Backup ZIP before any upgrade.

Platform guides: macOS · Linux · Wiki installation guide

Phone and tablet access

1. Start Studio Inventory on the host computer.
2. Open Backup & Restore and set an owner PIN of at least six characters.
3. Connect the phone or tablet to the same trusted Wi-Fi network.
4. Open the LAN address shown by the app and enter the PIN.

Android Chrome/Edge and iPhone/iPad Safari support inventory editing and photo capture. Live barcode video requires HTTPS; the regular LAN address provides Take a Label Photo and signed QR links instead.

Important

Do not forward port 3847 to the internet. Normal LAN HTTP traffic is not encrypted. Use trusted WPA2/WPA3 Wi-Fi, HTTPS, or a VPN.

Your data stays understandable

Location	Contents
data/inventory.db	SQLite catalog
data/uploads/	Photos, receipts, manuals, logos, software, and studio images
data/manual-inbox/	Files waiting to be attached to an item
data/backups/	Suggested destination for backup exports

The app supports Full Backup ZIP, JSON, SQL, CSV, and PDF exports. Full Backup ZIP is the complete recovery format because it includes managed files as well as the database.

Run from source

Requires Node.js 18 or newer.

git clone https://github.com/TerkWerX/STUDIO-INVENTORY.git
cd STUDIO-INVENTORY
npm install
npm start

Open http://localhost:3847. To explore with sample equipment, run npm run reseed before starting.

npm test              # API, restore, security, and browser regression suite
npm run test:api      # server and API tests
npm run test:browser  # Playwright UI tests

Technology

Node.js · Express · SQLite (better-sqlite3) · vanilla JavaScript modules · Playwright · local filesystem storage

There is no frontend build step. The server exposes the API and serves the responsive web app directly.

Documentation and community

Need	Go to
Learn the main workflows	Project wiki
Ask a question or share an idea	Discussions
Report a reproducible problem	Issues
Help improve the project	Contributing guide
Report a security concern	Security policy
Get installation help	Support guide

Curious contributors are welcome. Documentation fixes, additional equipment profiles, accessibility improvements, browser testing, and thoughtful feature ideas are all useful.

License

MIT © 2026 TerkWerX